Christy Fisher, founder Phinney RidGe Yoga

Christy is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher, a member of KYTA (Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association), and a practitioner of Kripalu for over 18 years. She is also a certified Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analyst, a dancer, and choreographer. Christy originally came to yoga seeking recuperation from the physical stresses of being a professional modern dancer and quickly realized the deeper transformational benefits. She believes that anyone can benefit from yoga and enjoys teaching people of all ages and backgrounds. Her approach is gentle yet deep where each practitioner is encouraged to work at their own pace. She has also taught classes for people with MS through the National MS Society Washington State Chapter for the last 6 years and serves on their advisory board for wellness programs. Christy also facilitates special classes for people with cancer, survivors, and their families sponsored by Cancer Lifeline. Christy recently had the honor of providing yoga sessions for Pema Chodron’s conference “No Time to Loose” at the University of Washington’s Meany Hall.

Deirdre Wilcox – B.A., RYT, LMP, RC, CAPP

Deirdre is trained in the Viniyoga lineage and brings 18 years of bodywork, movement and fitness experience to her teaching. She is a certified Aston-Patterning Practioner, massage therapist, registered counselor and registered yoga teacher. Her foundation is the synthesis of several areas of interest, teachers and trainings, and reflects her belief that there is room for all paths and styles. She encourages mindfulness and conscious choice as a practice within the practice, and values the liberal use of compassion and humor in her classes while creating a peaceful and supportive environment. To learn more visit: www.thehappyyogi.org.

Linda Heuertz

Linda is a certified Kripalu yoga teacher and a member of KYTA (Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association). Yoga has been a part of Linda’s life since she took her first class 30 years ago. From there she found herself repeatedly drawn to it, until about eight years ago when an injury (and work on a doctorate) lead her to more fully embrace its healing and life enhancing powers. When she became a yoga teacher a few years later, she knew she had followed her heart home. Linda currently teaches yoga in Ballard for people living with MS and recently taught yoga to women recovering from breast cancer (as part of a study at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center). In her classes Linda strives to create a comfortable environment in which students of all ages and physical conditions can improve their strength, flexibility, and balance, and can steady and quiet their minds. Emphasis is placed on the breath, self-acceptance, and honoring individual needs.

Suzette Birrell

Suzette is a registered Viniyoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She began teaching yoga after leaving the corporate world for a more balanced lifestyle. Suzette enjoys bringing a sense of nurturing to her students in a safe and gentle environment. Along with specializing in Pre- and Post Natal yoga, she has spent the last 4 months assisting and teaching a yoga class for people with MS in Ballard sponsored by the National MS Society. Suzette’s love of the life around her is reflected in her teaching, in her abundant garden and her work as a garden coach. Suzette and her husband, Jim, have lived and gardened in the Greenwood area for 35 years.

 

 

Andrea Thein

Andrea is certified in Hatha Yoga from the Hatha Yoga School in Orlando, Florida and is registered at the 200 hour level with the Yoga Alliance. She continues to study with Traditional Yoga Studies under the guidance of Georg Feuerstein, taking part in a 250 hour course on Classical Yoga. Andrea is also studying Thai Yoga Therapy/Bodywork with Eric Spivack from Soaring Crane Massage in Seattle and will complete another 200 hour training with the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram in Grass Valley, California. Andrea believes that Yoga teaches us how to connect, to experience, to bring peace to ourselves and others through different techniques which foster self awareness and compassion. Andrea’s love and passion for teaching shines through in her classes. 

To read more about Andrea visit her website at: www.ellayoga.net

 

Lindsey Johnson – B.A. Ed.

Lindsey is a certified Level II Usui Reiki practitioner and has practiced Reiki for 7 years. Lindsey is currently studying to be a Reiki Master at the Northwest Reiki Center in Bellevue, WA. She has a private practice, volunteers her time at animal shelters, and teaches cooperative workshops. Lindsey originally discovered Reiki as a way to alleviate chronic migraine headaches and is continually amazed with Reiki’s scope of healing capabilities. A teacher at heart, Lindsey is a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and a Washington State elementary school teacher.